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On the 1st, the newly released "Tai Chi 2" took in 8.2 million at the box office.

Since the 2nd was a Friday, the box office increased slightly by 9.13 million.

Although "Xiu Chun Dao" was affected to a certain extent, the box office did not decline too much due to its good reputation. It took in 11.54 million and 12.83 million respectively in the two days, beating out many films including "Tai Chi 2" and retaining the top spot. It topped the domestic box office for two days.

The two teams of the crew are working non-stop on publicity. In addition to going to the cinema to hold meetings and thank fans, some media also cover every opportunity to conduct interviews.

After all, "Xiuchundao" is the most popular drama at this time, and it is highly topical.

It has been the domestic single-day box office champion for 8 consecutive days since its release, and the single-week domestic box office champion for 3 days in the first week.

Gu and Wei had just finished a fan meeting in a theater that day and had made an appointment with a reporter from Phoenix Entertainment for an interview.

The reporter is in his 30s, a slightly chubby man, fair and wearing glasses, and always has a smiling expression on his face, full of affinity.

The three of them sat down and the reporter set up a camera behind him.

"Hello Yifei, Gu Wei, I am Song Yang, a reporter from Phoenix Entertainment. Thank you both very much for being interviewed today."

"Hello" "Hello" said Gu Wei and Liu Yifei.

"Yifei, why did you choose to take this movie in the first place?"

"Because the script is good, as I said in previous interviews, I read the script many times when it was sent to me and I really like the story."

"Where's Gu Wei? Why did you take the role?"

"I'm so happy that someone can ask me to film a movie," Gu Wei said with a smile.

Liu Yifei looked at him sideways, and Reporter Song also smiled.

"I was originally a student at the college, but no one had ever asked me to film. The director was of course very happy to take a fancy to me.

I read the script and liked the story very much, including the character ‘Shen Lian’. "

"Yifei, do you understand anything about movies?"

"I think Director Lu Yang wants to express the struggle and powerlessness of small people in the big era, and in the end they can only be beaten by the tide of the times." Liu Yifei's answer was very official, like a student writing a review.

"What does Gu Wei think?" Reporter Song asked Gu Wei again

"I think the storyline of the movie is very complete, the plot design has ups and downs, and the fighting is exciting. Although the overall style is tough and cruel, it also has a warm side."

"What kind of person do you think the character Shen Lian you play is?"

"Shen Lian is a handsome and cool person, which fits my personality." After saying this, Gu Wei himself smiled.

"Shen Lian is an extremely cold and affectionate person. He is indifferent and even cruel to his mission targets, but he also has an affectionate side for the brothers around him and the woman he likes."

"Yifei, how did you feel about working with Gu Wei during filming?"

Liu Yifei thought for a while and said, "It was a pleasure to work together. Although Gu Wei is relatively young, he was a very studious person when he was on the set.

He would ask some other experienced actors for advice on how to act this and how to act that. It was obvious that he was ambitious in his acting skills. "

"Sister Yifei praised me so much. I am a newbie and inexperienced, so I need everyone's help to make good movies.

In fact, the one in the crew who loves to study the most is Sister Yifei.

When you have nothing to do, you can see Sister Yifei reading there with a book.

At first I thought she was just reading in public. "

After saying that, both Liu Yifei and the reporter laughed.

"I found out later that she likes to pick up books and read them when she has some time. She really likes them." Gu Wei came back with a smile.

"I'm not pretending," Liu Yifei said to him with a smile.

"Besides filming, do you have any hobbies on the set?" Reporter Song asked the two of them.

Gu Wei thought for a while and said, "Because there are a lot of fighting scenes, when I'm on the set, I will go out to exercise in the morning, practice the routines taught by the martial arts instructor, and go for a run.

Sister Yifei also loves sports, and I can meet her when I am running. "

"When?" Liu Yifei asked doubtfully.

"On that day, I was running and I saw you sitting in the car." Gu Wei said with a smile.

It made the reporter and Liu Yifei laugh.

. . . . . .

"Thank you Liu Yifei and Gu Wei for accepting the interview, and wish [Xiu Chun Knife] a bright future at the box office!"

The interview ended quickly, and the two began to promote the next stop.

Gu Wei received a call from his agent

"Mr. Gu, as you requested, we have been paying attention to the online comments about [Xiu Chun Dao].

Two days after the release of "Tai Chi 2", unfavorable reviews of "Xiu Chun Dao" began to appear on the Internet. Some people on Douban even collectively wrote negative reviews. Fortunately, the number of people who reviewed "Tai Chi 2" has increased after a period of release, but the score has also dropped to 7.7. . "

"It doesn't matter, I know this well. I guess it's because Hua Yi can't make it at the box office and has been pressured by [Xiu Chun Dao], so I'm a little anxious.

Don't worry about it. The movie's reputation has spread now. Let's just do our best. What they do won't have much impact on the box office.

The navy side, please tell them to stop. [Tai Chi 2] is obviously another big bad movie. Everyone knows everything they need to know within two days of its release. There is no need to increase the popularity for them. "Gu Wei said

"Understood, Mr. Gu"

On the 3rd and 4th, the second weekend of the release of "Embroidered Spring Knife", the box office rebounded due to the holiday, with box office receipts of 16.82 million and 14.76 million respectively.

The movie was released for a total of two weeks, with a cumulative box office of 164.08 million, and the box office went straight to 200 million.

[Tai Chi 2] also saw an increase in its box office over the two weekend days, with 14.68 million on Saturday and 11.68 million on Sunday. The total box office in the first week of release was 43.69 million.

[Tai Chi] This movie is definitely going to lose money. I guess Huayi was prepared when it was released.

It is said to be a commercial blockbuster with an investment of 200 million yuan, and is divided into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. The two films together will need at least more than 500 million in box office to make back their money.

As a result, [Tai Chi 1] only had a box office of 150 million, and its reputation was not good. The box office of "Tai Chi 1" was over 100 million, all due to early promotion.

At this time, Huayi knew that this movie was going to lose money, and it was trying to reduce losses as much as possible during the release of "Tai Chi 2". However, Xuanfa definitely couldn't invest any more money in it and stopped the losses in time.

It's the third week of the movie's release. No matter how good the reputation is and how high the ratings are, the box office of "Xiu Chun Knife" will inevitably drop below 10 million. The box office on Monday was only 7.62 million.

[Tai Chi 2] is even worse with only 5.67 million.

There is no way, although "Xiuchundao" is a good movie, it is a martial arts movie after all.

Although during the interview, both director Lu Yang and Gu Wei maintained that as long as the movie is good, the audience will like it.

But in fact, the market for martial arts movies is indeed shrinking, and it is not a lie that film and television companies believe that the martial arts movie market has cooled down in recent years.

As of the end of September this year, the total number of commercial movie screens in Chinese cities has undoubtedly exceeded 10,000, with the total number reaching more than 11,800.

It is precisely because of the expansion of the market that film companies have the confidence to invest hundreds of millions of yuan in filming commercial blockbusters. The huge market is the basis for them to recover their costs and even make money.

Just like "囧囧" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" at the end of the year were both big movies with over 1 billion, and even the bad movie "Tiny Times" released next year has a box office of 480 million.

The major disadvantage of "Xiu Chun Dao" compared to them is that it is a martial arts movie.

In recent years, the audience for martial arts movies has become smaller and smaller. No matter how well you make them, many people just don't like to watch martial arts movies. So although the market is huge, there is an upper limit to the market for martial arts movies.

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